On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Dee <[email protected]> wrote: > I had heard that it was a B12 and or folic acid deficiency can cause > this. > Some sufferers have low folic acid and B12 others it's high. Personally I've always had mine supplemeted with injections as I've pernicious aneamia but all blood tests show it's remained high throughout this illness.
> My own theory is that it is a manifestation of the herpes virus as I > had a fairly bad case of this, although not nearly as bad as you Kirsteen. > I had awful 'stabbing' pains in various places; under the flabby bit of my > arm; around my ribs, and across my middle back. The pain was quite > excruciating and my skin would be so tender I couldn't touch it. > Have you found any research that suggets this. I've never found anyone relating herpes to M.E. I'm lucky I've never had herpes or shingles. Kirsteen
